Garment-supporter.



B. N. HUMPHREY.

V GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLIOATIOII FILED DEC. 2, 1909.

977,404; I Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

UNITED SATES PATEN OFFICE.

ERNEST N. HUIYIPI-IREY, OF NEW' BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0 TRAUT & I-IINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

OF CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Farmer N, HUMPHREY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to garment supporters, and particularly to a socalled arm hand, my aim being to provide the most economical and simplest form of adjustable arm band.

Anotherobject is to provide in an exceedingly simple form of arm band a new method of threading which will secure the so-called rustless effect.

The band comprises only three parts, namely, an elastic webbing and two simple metallic pieces constructed and designed to properly hold said webbing so that the band may be adjusted as to size.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an edge elevation, partly in section, of my improved band complete and somewhat enlarged. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the metal parts. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the other metal part. Fig. at is an edge View of the metal part shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an edge view of a modification. Fig. 6 is a plan view of said modification. Fig. 7 is a plan view of one end of a piece of webbing on the same scale as the previous figures.

1 represents a strip of webbing.

2 is what I will term the loop plate, to which one end of the webbing is secured, another part of the webbing running therethrough in a transverse direction. 3 is what I will term the slide plate, to which one end of the webbing is secured, another part of the webbing sliding therethrough in a longitudinal direction for adjustment. Both of these plates are preferably formed from plain sheet metal stock, and may be struck out with the greatest rapidity and economy by the use of suitable dies.

The loop plate 2 is provided with three slots 4, 5, (3. The slot 5 is somewhat nearer to the slot d than to the slot 6, for the purpose hereinafter described. The slots 4 and (3 are of sufiicient width to receive two thicknesses of webbing and are of a length corresponding substantially to the width of the webbing. The slot 5 is of a width preferably slightly less than the thickness of the web- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 2, 1909.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

Serial No. 530,896.

bing, and of a length considerably less than the width of the webbing, for the purpose hereinafter described. One end of the web 1 is preferably connected to the loop plate 2, as follows: It is first passed up through the slot &, thence forwardly and down through the slot 6, thence rearwardly and again up through the slot 4, thence forwardly and down through the small slot 5, the short end projecting forwardly from the slot 5 under the main body of the plate 2. When all of these bights in the webbing are drawn taut, friction alone will be suflicient to prevent disengagement. This method of threading, coupled with the construction of the loop plate 2, eliminates all necessity for sewing or clenching the webbing, thus materially increasing the effective life of the same.

The slide plate 3 is provided with three slots '7, 8, 9. In assembling the band, the web end (opposite the end now connected to the loop plate 2) is first passed up through the slot 9, thence over the top of the plate and down through the slot 7, thence onward and down through the slot 6 of the loop plate 2, thence rearwardly and again up through the slot 9, thence forwardly and down through the slot 8, the short end projecting forwardly as shown. The slots 7 and 9 of the slide plate are of a length substantially the same as the width of the webbing l and are of suflicient width to permit the running part of the webbing to be slid through the slide plate (when not under tension) for the purposes of adjustment. The width of the slot 8 is preferably the same or slightly less than the thickness of the web, while the length of the slot 8 is substantially less than the width of the webbing, thus making it necessary to use force in drawing the webbing into said slot (as in the case of slot 5 in plate 2), this being permitted by compacting or puckering the material of the webbing.

l/Vhen the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 1, it will be observed that at least one thickness of webbing holds all of the metal parts from contact with the garment or the body of the wearer, thus securing the much desired rustless effect. WVhen the parts are assembled and placed under tension, slippage between the webbing and the metal parts is prevented by reason of the mere frictional engagement between said parts.

The article may be produced at a minimum of cost and in its finished state pos-- 'pensive devices for performing the same function, plus the added advantage of extreme simplicity.

The relative size of the webbing and the slots in the several plates may be gaged by a comparison of the said parts in the several views, all of said views being on substantially the same scale.

In Figs. 5 and (3 I have shown how one of the plates may be formed partly of sheet metal and partly of wire. In this modification I have shown the loop plate 2* with its main body of sheet metal, the slots 43-5 being struck therein, the slot 6 being formed by a wire loop suitably secured to the sheet metal main body 2 hat I claim is:

As a new article of manufacture, an adjustable endless arm band, comprising a single length of webbing, a slide plate having three slots and a loop plate having three slots, one end of said webbing being secured to the said loop plate by threading through all three slots to entirely cover both sides of the plate between said slots and the under side of one end of said plate, the other end of said webbing being threaded flatwise through the two end slots in said slide plate and passed transversely through one slot in the loop plate and then being returned to, and threaded through, one of the first mentioned slots in the slide plate, the extremity of said webbing being tucked through the third or intermediate slottherein, whereby the entire lower surface of both of said plates adjacent to the slots will be covered by said webbing.

ERNEST N. HUB IPHREY. lVitnesses STANLEY PARKER,

J. WORAM, Jr. 

